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330 | Petter Törnberg on the Dynamics of (Mis)Information
· 1 h 12 min · Episode 330
Episode 330 | Petter Törnberg on the Dynamics of (Mis)Information
A characteristic of complex systems is that individual components combine to exhibit large-scale emergent behavior even when the components were not specifically designed for any particular purpose within the collective. Sometimes those individual components are us -- people interacting within societies or online communities. Studying the dynamics of such interactions is interesting both to better understand what is happening, and hopefully to designing better communities. I talk with Petter Törnberg about flows of information, how polarization develops, and how artificial agents can help steer things in better directions.
Blog post with transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/09/29/330-petter-tornberg-on-the-dynamics-of-misinformation/
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Petter Törnberg received a Ph.D. in complex systems from Chalmers University of Technology. He is now an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Language, Logic and Computation at the University of Amsterdam, Associate Professor in Complex Systems at Chalmers University of Technology, NWO VENI laurate, and senior researcher at the University of Neuchâtel.
• Web site • Univ. Amsterdam web page • Google Scholar publications • Amazon author page • Bluesky
Links in the notes 7
- https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/09/29/330-petter-tornberg-on-the-dynamics-of-misinformation/
- https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll
- https://www.pettertornberg.com/
- https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/t/o/p.tornberg/k.p.tornberg.html
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KuJMuvIAAAAJ&hl=en
- https://www.amazon.com/stores/Petter-T%C3%B6rnberg/author/B0DRJ8H2G9
- https://bsky.app/profile/pettertornberg.com
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